Course Catalog 2008-2009
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Course Catalog 2008-2009

TETA-7018 Academic Writing and Research Methodologies in Management Science II, 4 cr

Course´s person responsible

Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Participation in the seminar sessions, written reports and presentation.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The objective of the course is to prepare students for Master¿s Thesis in terms of writing skills, conceptual thinking and research methods. After this course, students should have a good starting point for working on their Master¿s Thesis rather independently ¿ both in terms of writing skills, conceptual thinking and empirical research work. Furthermore, the group discussions as well as the reading of other students¿ seminar papers will enhance students¿ capabilities to understand and apply various managerial concepts both theoretically and in real life. Different managerial concepts, in the end, are tools for both researchers and managers alike to develop their thinking and understanding on complex issues. In addition, students will get first-hand experience on how to solve managerial problems in different organizations with the help of existing literature and how to reflect the reality using the existing literature and concepts.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The most typical research methods in management science. Possibilities and limitations of these research methods.     
2. How to build the narrative for the research report (one of the most difficult phases in writing research reports) with empirical material.     
3. How to improve critical thinking and make it visible on the research report.     


Evaluation criteria for the course

Written reports.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Course O/R
TETA-7017 Academic Writing and Research Methodologies in Management Science I Obligatory  

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Last modified12.03.2009
ModifierSanna Nokelainen